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5 Ways To Wellbeing

A large body of evidence suggests that you can improve your personal wellbeing by engaging in 5 simple, but important activities daily. Getting your 5-A-Day for wellbeing increases your overall satisfaction and happiness, reduces stress and anxiety and promotes positive mental health.

Check out these 5 simple activities and ways of incorporating them into your daily routine...

Connect: Having strong, healthy relationships can improve your sense of belonging and connectedness. Relationships that are supportive can lead to greater happiness and improves your self-worth. Some things you can do to improve your connections with others include...

Give Back: Helping, sharing and just generally being nice to others promotes a sense of self-worth, strengthens community and helps you maintain a positive attitude. Volunteerism is a great way to give back to our community while growing your social and professional networks. Giving back could look like...

Learn: University is the perfect place to try new things but learning shouldn't be limited to the classroom. Learning something can increase your confidence and can also be a lot of fun. There are tons of learning opportunities both on and off campus...

Take Notice: Being mindful of your surroundings and your experiences enhances self-knowledge and self-understanding which contribute to fostering positive mental health. With your busy life, it's easy to get caught up in the moment but here are a few ideas for how you can 'take notice'...

The Five Ways to Wellbeing is a set of evidence-based public mental health messages developed by nef (the new economics foundation) as the result of a commission by Foresight, the UK government‟s futures think-tank, as part of the Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing.